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Russell Morgan's Low-Cal Dinner Delights

A Health Chicken Dinner

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Grilled Chicken Dinner = 750 calories


  • Grill 7 oz boneless, skinless chicken; serve with 1 cup, steamed asparagus and 6 oz cooked brown rice.
  • Salad of baby spinach, sliced tomatoes, mushrooms, topped with several squirts of 1 calorie per-squirt dressing.
  • Dessert: 3 oz fresh strawberries.

Grilled Fresh Shrimp Dinner = 840 calories


  • Grill 12 oz of fresh shrimp, serve with 2 cups fresh green beans, one-half medium-size steamed sweet potato.
  • Spinach salad with sliced tomatoes, cucumbers and carrots, topped with 1 calorie per-squirt dressing.
  • Dessert: Dark chocolate bar.

Grilled Pork Loin Dinner = 860 calories


  • Grill 5 oz pork loin; serve with 8 oz/1 cup steamed cauliflower, one 6 oz baked potato.
  • Spinach and tomato salad, topped with 1 calorie per-squirt dressing.
  • Dessert: 6 oz fresh, sliced apple.
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Summer 2009 Issue: Volume 4 Number 3 Page 27